1. POSITIONS VACANT: Consultant - Centre of Excellence for Nursing Education, International Not-for-Profit Organization, Patna, Bihar.

2. ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Our client is a respected international not-for-profit, that works in public health, to improve the health of disadvantaged communities, across the globe.

3. JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Consultant Centre of Excellence for Nursing Education will work closely with hospital administration, nursing institutions, faculty members, and relevant stakeholders to establish a coordinated system that aligns academic requirements with service delivery priorities and patient care needs. The position will also support the development of a standardized Community Exposure and Field Visit Plan that can be adopted by nursing institutions posting students at GGSS Hospital and potentially replicated across other teaching hospitals in Bihar. S/he will be responsible for the following work;

Key Job Responsibilities: 

(1) Assessment and Planning:

(a) Assess existing clinical posting, student deployment, and community exposure practices at GGSS Hospital;

(b) Map academic requirements of nursing programs against hospital and community training capacities;

(c) Identify gaps, challenges, and opportunities for strengthening nursing education and training systems;

(2) Development of Model Clinical and Community Learning Systems;

(a) Develop a structured and replicable Clinical Rotation Framework aligned with curriculum requirements and hospital capacity;
(b) Design a Community Exposure and Field Visit Framework with defined learning objectives, schedules, and assessment mechanisms;

(c) Develop SOPs, student allocation norms, supervision mechanisms, and implementation guidelines for effective training;

(3) Stakeholder Coordination;

(a) Facilitate coordination between GGSS Hospital, nursing institutions, and other stakeholders;
(b) Conduct consultations to ensure alignment on student deployment, supervision, and learning outcomes;

(c) Support establishment of institutional mechanisms for ongoing coordination and oversight;

(4) Implementation and Capacity Building;

(a) Orient faculty, hospital staff, and relevant stakeholders on the new systems;

(b) Provide technical support and recommend corrective actions based on implementation experience;

(5) Strengthening Nursing Education and Practice;
(a) Recommend measures to improve the clinical learning environment and competency-based learning;

(b) Promote effective utilization of students in patient care and community health activities under supervision;
(c) Support development of GGSS Hospital as a Model Centre for Nursing Education and Practice;

(6) Support to Nurse Practitioner in Midwifery (NPM) Program;
(a) Support implementation and strengthening of NPM-led birthing services;

(b) Facilitate coordination among multidisciplinary teams and strengthen documentation, reporting, and quality improvement processes;

(c) Document best practices and lessons learned;

(7) Monitoring, Documentation, and Knowledge Management;

(a) Develop and implement monitoring mechanisms to track effectiveness of training systems;

(b) Document processes, outcomes, innovations, and lessons learned;

(c) Prepare progress reports and develop a replication toolkit, including frameworks, SOPs, monitoring tools, and implementation recommendations;

(8) Other Responsibilities;
(a) Perform any other relevant tasks assigned by the supervisor in support of nursing education and health system strengthening initiatives;

(b) Undertake additional assignments related to nursing education, clinical training systems, and service strengthening as assigned by the supervisor;

4. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:

Qualifications and Experience:

(1) Applicants must have Graduate degree in Nursing, Public Health, Health Sciences, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Management, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, or any related discipline from a recognized institution;

(2) Minimum 3–5 years of professional experience in healthcare, public health, medical/ nursing education, health systems strengthening, hospital management, training, or program implementation;
(3) Postgraduate degree in Public Health, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Management, Health Systems Management, Nursing, Medical Education, Social Sciences, or related fields;

(4) Experience in designing, implementing, or monitoring training programs, clinical education systems, field practicum models, or competency-based learning approaches;

(5) Familiarity with national guidelines and regulatory frameworks related to health professional education and clinical training;
(6) Experience in health workforce development, quality improvement initiatives, or healthcare service delivery programs;

(7) Preferred Experience - Developing operational frameworks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), training plans, or implementation models;
(8) Preferred Experience - Facilitating stakeholder consultations and multi-institutional coordination;

(9) Preferred Experience - Documentation, process improvement, and development of scalable models and best practices;

Skills and Competencies:

(1) Strong written and verbal communication skills;

(2) Report writing and technical documentation;

(3) Presentation and facilitation skills;

(4) Relationship management and networking;

(5) Strong organizational and time-management skills;

5. CONSULTANCY FEE: The consultancy fee for two months INR ₹120,000.

6. LOCATION: Patna, Bihar

7. REFERENCE: C-N-B-INPO

8. NATURE OF CONTRACT:

The selected candidate shall be engaged as a Consultant on the rolls of SAMS, a third-party payrolling agency, for a full-time consultancy engagement initially offered for a period of two months. The contract is extendable based on performance and project requirements. It is explicitly clarified that this consultancy engagement does not constitute a promise or guarantee of future employment, with SAMS, or our client, or any other organization associated with the project.

10. CONTACT INFORMATION:

Team SAMS
Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd.
1/1B, Choudhary Hetram House, Bharat Nagar 
New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 025

Phone Nos.: 011- 4081 9900; 4165 3612

11. APPLICATION PROCESS:

Eligible candidates interested in the position are requested to urgently apply before June 14, 2026.